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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ZEBULON LINCOLN OHADBOURNE, OF NEW BRIGHTON, NEW YORK.

HAMMOCK.

SEEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 695,032, dated March 11,1902.

Application tiled October 5, 1900. Serial No. 32,147. (No model.)

To all wtont t nutycoltcc'rn:

Be it known that I, ZEBULON LINCOLN CHADBOURNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Brighton, inthe county of Richmond and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Meshes for Hammocks, of which the following is a specification.

My inventionrelates to a new article of manufacture-a Mexican mesh-hammock having twisted ends formed integral with the body of the hammock. In the ordinary process of weaving a hammock of this description, process of which the one described by Rood, No. 487,857, is a fair example, the body of the hammock is woven first and the ends made of bunches of threads attached thereto by looping them through the ends of the mesh. In my novel method of forming a hammock the ends are made continuous with the body or mesh of the hammock and then united by twisting into cords to form supporting means. This is a great ad vantage, as it adds greatly to the strength and durability of the hammock, as well as materially decreasing the cost thereof.

The novel method and structure by which the above-stated objects and advantages are attained are fully described in this specification and claimed and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings,forming a part thereof, in which- Figure l is afragment of my fabric lying limp and showing the ends twistedtogether.

Fig. 2 is a plan View of a fragment 'of my' mesh pulled taut longitudinally the warp- Fig. 3 shows fragments of two hammocks connected by cords and illustrates the manner of forming the twisted suspension-cords.

Like letters of reference designate like parts in the various views of the drawings.

The letter A designates the warp-threads of my mesh, and B'the weft-threads. By referring to Fig. 2 of the drawings it will appear that when the fabric is strained longitudinally the warp the warp becomes straight, and the peculiar structure of the mesh and the manner of weaving it appears. It is seen that a weft-thread B, starting from O on the drawings,passes diagonally under two threads of the warp,then overtwo andturns and passes back diagonally under two threads of the warp and over two threads. Then it turns and ,tember 12, 1900, Serial No. 29,802.

repeats the cycle. In following the straight warp-threads it is seen'that they also run two under and two over. I have designed a loom for weaving this mesh, which forms the subject of a separate application for patent, Sep- In this loom the warp is pulled taut and held straight and passed back and forth by means of shutties at right angles to the plane of the weft, the weft being carried back and forth intermittently through a distance of four threads, it taking four movements to complete a cycle.

The methods of uniting the thread are to take the contiguous unwoven ones and twist them together in one direction, then the three lying next and twist them together in the same direction, and then unite the two separate twists into one by twisting in the same direction, after which the nets can be cut apart and the twists united in an eye. The cords formed as above'include both the weft and warp threads, and the threads on the two sides of the loop formed in twisting are twisted in opposite directions, as is clearly illustrated in Fig. '3. It is obvious that this twisting together of the threads effectually prevents the net from raveling and also strengthens the ends of the hammock.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is-V l. A hammock, comprising a woven body portion, and cords at the ends of said body portion, which cordsarerformed by uniting the warp and the weft threads, said cords forming supporting means for the hammock, Vsubstantially as described.

2. A Mexican mesh-hammock, comprising a body portion formed of warp-threads, and weft-threads woven diagonallysaid warp, going alternately over two threads and under two threads thereof, iirst going four threads in one direction and then four threads back, and the warps and wefts united in cords at the ends of the hammock to form supporting means, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. Y

ZEBULON LINCOLN CHADBOURNE.

Witnesses:

G. W. JANSSEN, HENRY J. Cnnicrrron. 

